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Unique ID: SUSS-E5F564
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1363
Date to: AD 1369
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 1.89 g
Diameter: 20.4 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st February 2008
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Other reference: AG 63
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Quarter noble
Ruler/issuer: Edward III of England
Mint or issue place: London
Category: English coin Edwardian type 1279 - 1377
Type: Gold quarter-noble: Edward III, 4th coinage, treaty (N 1243-1246)
Obverse description: Shield quartered with the arms of England and France within a tressure of eight arches
Obverse inscription: EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL
Double saltire stops, annulet before Edward
Reverse description: Floriate crass with a lis at the end of each limb; in each angle a lion passant, guardant; all within a tressure of eight arches. Lis in centre of cross.
Reverse inscription: EXALTABITUR IN GLORIA
Die axis measurement: 5 o'clock
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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